Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna is fully recovered from thumb surgery that ended his rookie season early, and was in the starting lineup for the team's first two exhibition games against local universities.
Ozuna battled third and played center field while going hitless in one at-bat Wednesday against the University of Miami, and then went hitless in two at-bats the next day against Florida International University.
Ozuna is expected to battle for the center field job with Jake Marisnick, who appeared only in Wednesday's game. Ozuna hit .265/.303/.389 in 275 at-bats as a rookie before his season-ending thumb injury.